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IS Military Defeat Raises Foreign Fighter Threat
July 17, 2017
Western security experts anticipate that the military defeat of the Islamic State (IS) caliphate in Iraq and Syria will cause a spike in terror attacks and Islamist recruiting efforts by "frustrated foreign fighters" in the West who no longer have a central caliphate destination.
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UNGA Approves Counter-terrorism Coordinator
July 17, 2017
The Economic Times reports that the UN General Assembly (UNGA) has approved the consolidation of multiple UN entities dealing with terrorism into a single UN Office of Counter-terrorism, which will coordinate efforts within the UN system to prevent "violent extremism" around the world.
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UNESCO Seeks "Anti-Extremism" Education in Lebanon
July 17, 2017
As part of its broad agendas pushing national governments to promote "global citizenship" and prevent "violent extremism" through their education systems, the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently hosted a workshop in Lebanon on "mainstreaming" anti-extremism approaches in the country's schools.
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UNESCO Pushes for Global "Diversity and Tolerance" Education
July 17, 2017
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has commissioned a global analysis finding a need for national education systems to hasten progress in "mainstreaming" the values of "cultural diversity and tolerance" in curricula as part of the UN agency's "Global Citizenship Education" agenda.
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Boko Haram Attacks Devastate Cameroon, Nigeria
July 14, 2017
This week, Cameroon and Nigeria faced successive waves of suicide-bombing attacks suspected to be the work of militants from Boko Haram, the Islamist extremist group seeking to use guerrilla-jihadi warfare to impose sharia law throughout West Africa.
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